[SOLVED] rename a file in php on a windows file server (unc path)

rename a file in php on a windows file server (unc path)

In PHP I want to rename (move/copy) a file on a windows file server: "\myserver\folder1\folder2\myfile.pdf" to "\myserver\folder1\folder2\OLD\myfile.pdf"

(all folders already exist and destination file does not exist)

I tried this:

copy("\\\\myserver\\folder1\\folder2\\myfile.pdf", "\\\\myserver\\folder1\\folder2\\OLD\\myfile.pdf");

and

copy("//myserver/folder1/folder2/myfile.pdf", "//myserver/folder1/folder2/OLD/myfile.pdf");

I receive:

[function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied

The computer I am on / user logged in as has permissions to rename/move/delete/copy to that share/folder.

I am guessing I need to somehow give php permissions, or run php as my user? OR?

Solution

PHP will be running as whatever user your web server runs as. You would need to grant permissions on that folder to whatever user account that is.